2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 8 -Attachment 1 - Housing Needs Assessment

within a development66. The cost of this car accommodation has to be embedded in the cost of the
dwelling (purchase price and rent). The purchaser or tenant of a dwelling that comes with one or
more dedicated parking spaces should appreciate that a portion of housing cost is actually the cost
of owning and running a car.
Council has a policy of accepting cash contributions in lieu of some carparking spaces in centres. In
the past contributions were never accepted where the parking demand was generated by a
residential use. The current policy is silent on this aspect, however it is at Council’s discretion
whether monetary contributions be accepted, based on the specific circumstances of the site and
locality.
Through the decoupling of a dwelling and carparking in multiple dwelling or mixed use development
the cost of car accommodation might become more apparent. In inner city areas this has already
commenced and car share companies have grown in popularity.


        Within the Design Standards for new social housing67: Houses and Apartments December
        2015 While 1 covered carparking space per dwelling is preferred a reduced carparking rate
        may be applied in larger centres or towns with good public transport. This would be—
               1 space per unit for the first 3 units; then
                  1 space per 2 units for studio units;
                  2 spaces per 3 units for 1 bedroom units; and
                  1 space per 2 bedroom unit
               (Rounding up as necessary to reach whole numbers)
        Queensland Government advises that many public housing multi-unit complexes don’t
        provide an allocated/committed parking space for each unit and parking spaces are available
        on a first-in-best-dressed basis, for residents only.


Currently the planning scheme requires that for multiple dwellings consisting of small dwellings in a
centre zone, one covered space be provided per unit up to two bedrooms and two covered spaces
be provided per three bedroom unit. This does not necessarily encourage a greater number of
smaller units.
Applying a number of carparking spaces per total square metre of residential gross floor area,
irrespective of the number of units may be a better approach. Further scenario cost analysis would
be necessary however notionally you might start testing on one space per 55 square metres (or part
thereof) of GFA. For studio units this might generate a rate equating to two spaces per three units,
whereas for three bedroom units it may equate to three spaces per two units. This excludes any
additional visitor parking requirements.
If investors chose to buy one or two carparking spaces in addition to a carparking space, their
tenant(s) may choose to rent these or not. If they don’t they could be rented to another user of the
site.




66 Limitation of building height in storeys reduces the viability of constructing basement car parks. Construction

cost (per space) of basement carparking increases significantly from a first level basement to a second level
basement, so for a maximum building height of 3 storeys, more than one level of basement is likely to be cost
prohibitive.
67 Queensland Government, Capital and Assets, Housing Services (December 2015) “Design Standards for

New Construction of Social Housing: Houses and Apartments”


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